Marley bass player loses royalties bid

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The former bass player in Bob Marley’s band The Wailers, has lost his battle for a multimillion-pound share of the late reggae star’s royalties.

Aston “Family Man” Barrett, who earned his nickname because he is said to have fathered 52 children, was seeking up to £60 million which he claimed he was entitled to after Marley died in 1981 without making a will.

But Mr Justice Lewison, a High Court judge, this morning threw out the claim against Universal-Island, Marley’s record label, and the Marley estate and imposed an order barring Mr Barrett from taking any further action without the